ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,398, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Jet Medic LLC (St Clair, Mo.).

"Jet drive marine engine maintenance tool" was invented by C. Shane Stephens (St. Clair, Mo.) and T. Benjamin Boyher (Eureka, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose maintenance tool for a mechanical assembly. The tool includes a central body and an elongated shank extending in a longitudinal direction from the central body to a lever end. A foreign object removing element has a foreign body engaging surface. The element extends from the central body generally opposite the shank. A fastener engaging formation is formed on the shank, the removing elemen...